Yes you are when you specifically mention devout Irish Catholics as support for your claim. They do not have any expertise and that wouldn’t transfer if they do. In fact there’s a strong argument that the Irish church is the branch that has the worst grasp on the faith.
The point has been the sane consistently and it’s that Vance’s wording is fine. The Pope is a pastor to the flock. The fact your family doesn’t use the phrase is meaningless
Am I claiming a special status here?
My claim is that he doesn’t sound like Catholics I have known, specifically the family members I have who have specific ties to both Irishness and Catholicism and identify with both, as do many members of the diaspora. (From my buddies stories about seeing things like “kill all taigs” graffiti growing up - I think there’s maybe something special about being an Irish Catholic that might merit being called an “Irish Catholic” rather than a regular one. Do the Polish American Catholics in Chicago worship at the same parishes as the Irish American ones?)
You’re kinda galloping all over the place looking for a point to make.
Yes you are when you specifically mention devout Irish Catholics as support for your claim. They do not have any expertise and that wouldn’t transfer if they do. In fact there’s a strong argument that the Irish church is the branch that has the worst grasp on the faith.
The point has been the sane consistently and it’s that Vance’s wording is fine. The Pope is a pastor to the flock. The fact your family doesn’t use the phrase is meaningless
Are you Catholic?
I was